1916 Rice Owls football team
American college football season
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The 1916 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice Institute as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1916 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Philip Arbuckle, the team compiled a 6â1â2 record (2â1 against SWC opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 346 to 62.[2][3]
- Philip Arbuckle (5th season)
| 1916 Rice Owls football | |
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Record | 6â1â2 (2â1 SWC) |
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| Captain | W. E. Brown |
| Home stadium | Rice Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 5 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 7 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 3 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 9 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 2 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 1 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 2 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 5 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 1 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 3 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 0 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 0 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwestern (TX) | 0 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 5 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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On November 17, 1916, the team scored 146 points against SMU. This remains the single-game scoring record for a Rice football team.[4] Rice scored 23 touchdowns in the game, including six by left halfback Griffith Vance. The Houston Daily Post wrote that Vance's work was the "outstanding feature of the game", describing a "wonderful side step" and "quick change of pace" that enabled him to run through the entire SMU team several times for touchdowns.[5]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source | ||
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| October 7 | at Texas | L 2â16 | [6] | |||
| October 13 | Austin* | W 40â0 | [7] | |||
| October 21 | Southwestern (TX) |
| W 54â0 | [8] | ||
| October 27 | at TCU* |
| T 7â7 | [9][10] | ||
| November 4 | Texas A&M |
| W 20â0 | [11] | ||
| November 11 | Tulane* |
| W 23â13 | [12] | ||
| November 17 | SMU* |
| W 146â3 | [5][13] | ||
| November 24 | at LSU* | T 7â7 | [14] | |||
| November 30 | Arizona* |
| W 47â16 | [15] | ||
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